Utility; Creating Raid Volumes Using The Lsi Megaraid Bios Coniguration Utility; Deleting Raid Volumes Using The Lsi Megaraid Bios Coniguration Utility - Lenovo ThinkStation C30 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Creating RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS coniguration

utility

This section provides instructions on how to create RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS
coniguration utility.
To create RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS coniguration utility, do the following:
1. Click Coniguration Wizard on the WebBIOS main screen to enter the Choosing the Coniguration
Type window.
2. Press the up and down arrow keys to select one of the three coniguration types:
• Clear Coniguration: Clear the existing coniguration.
• New Coniguration: Clear the existing coniguration and create new coniguration.
• Add Coniguration: Retain the existing storage coniguration and add new hard disk drives. The
new coniguration will not cause any data loss.
3. Select Add Coniguration, and then click Next. The following two options are displayed in the
Coniguration Method window.
• Manual Coniguration: Manually create hard disk drive groups and virtual hard disk drives, and
set parameters.
• Automatic Coniguration: Automatically create an optimal RAID coniguration.
4. Select Manual Coniguration, and then click Next. The Drive Group Deinition window is displayed. To
create hard disk drive groups, do the following:
a. Select one or more hard disk drives for the group (keep pressing Ctrl while selecting more than
one hard disk drive).
b. Click Add To Array to move the selected hard disk drives to Drive Groups.
c. Click Accept DG to create the hard disk drive group.
d. Repeat the above steps if you want to create more than one hard disk drive group.
5. Click Next. The Span Deinition window is displayed. Select the hard disk drive group that you want
to add to a span, and then click Add to SPAN. Repeat this step until you have selected all the hard
disk drive groups you want.
6. Click Next. The Virtual Drive Deinition window is displayed. Change the virtual hard disk drive options
from the default settings listed on the screen to the settings you want. Click Accept, and then follow the
instructions on the screen to customize your settings.
7. Click Next, and the Preview window is displayed.
8. Check your settings, and then click Accept.
9. Click Yes to save the coniguration.
Deleting RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS coniguration
utility
This section provides instructions on how to delete RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS
coniguration utility.
To delete RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS coniguration utility, do the following:
1. Enter the LSI MegaRAID BIOS coniguration utility. See "Entering the LSI MegaRAID BIOS coniguration
utility" on page 62.
2. Select the virtual hard disk drives you want to delete, and then the Virtual Drive window is displayed.
3. Click Delete, and then click Go.
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